A minibus carrying five people, including four children, fell off a 30-metre-high cliff into a river when the driver accidentally made an error controlling the car along the road edge in southwestern China.

The terrifying video, filmed in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province on February 17, shows a minibus tumbling down the side of a cliff and dropping into a river.

Two men can be seen running towards the vehicle to rescue the people trapped inside immediately.

With the help of nearby residents, five people in the minibus were saved successfully and sent to hospital.

Fortunately, none of them were in life-threatening condition and the case was being investigated.